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1.Mĕrops, ŏpis, m., = Merops.I.A king of Ethiopia, husband of Clymene, and reputed to be the father of Phaëthon, Ov. M. 1, 763; id. Tr. 3, 4, 30.—II.A king of the isle of Cos, from whose name its inhabitants in early times were called Meropes, Quint. 8, 6, 71.—III.A Roman proper name, Inscr. Mur. 887, 5.2.mĕrops, ŏpis, m., = merops, a bird that devours bees; hence also called apiastra, the bee-eater, Verg. G. 4, 14; cf. Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 99. -
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1.Mĕrops, ŏpis, m., = Merops.I.A king of Ethiopia, husband of Clymene, and reputed to be the father of Phaëthon, Ov. M. 1, 763; id. Tr. 3, 4, 30.—II.A king of the isle of Cos, from whose name its inhabitants in early times were called Meropes, Quint. 8, 6, 71.—III.A Roman proper name, Inscr. Mur. 887, 5.2.mĕrops, ŏpis, m., = merops, a bird that devours bees; hence also called apiastra, the bee-eater, Verg. G. 4, 14; cf. Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 99.
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